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(=order)to tell sb to do sthdecir a algn que haga algo, mandar a algn a hacer algo→ do as you are told!¡haz lo que te digo!→ he won't be toldno acepta consejos de nadie, no quiere hacer caso de nadie→ I told you not tote dije que no lo hicieras

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(=distinguish)distinguir→ I couldn't tell them apartno sabía distinguirlos→ to tell the difference between A and Bdistinguir entre A y BI can't tell the differenceno veo la diferencia→ to tell right from wrongdistinguir el bien del mal→
time→
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(=know, be certain)saber→ you can tell he's a Germanse (le) nota que es alemányou can tell a horse's age by its teethla edad de un caballo se sabe por los dienteshow can I tell what she will do?¿cómo voy a saber lo que ella hará?you can't tell much from his lettersu carta nos dice bien poco→ I couldn't tell how it was doneno sabía cómo se hizo→ there is no telling what he will does imposible saber qué va a hacer